BR Acima de Tudo

In the north of the state of Pará is the largest block of protected forests in the world an area of Amazon rainforest the size of the UK and home to a multitude of stories Indigenous people ranchers squatters quilombolas businessmen and politicians reflect in their own way the impacts of the possible expansion of the BR163 into the forest as far as the border with Suriname The highway project was created at the time of the military dictatorship and until today as a shadow over the region But this is not a movie about a road It is a film about the abysses that separate those who share the same land